NYRA Program Spotlights Local Horse Farms

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced this week that the Saratoga Breakfast and Breeding Farm program will be offered Thursdays through Sundays during the 2025 Saratoga summer meet. Previously, the program was available Wednesdays through Saturdays.

This year’s Saratoga Breakfast and Breeding Farm tours are presented by New York Thoroughbred Breeders and will feature three area farms: Old Tavern Farm, Sugar Plum Farm, and Song Hill Thoroughbreds.

Old Tavern Farm is a private boutique thoroughbred-breeding operation in Stillwater that was founded in 2016 by Walt and Michelle Borisenok. The farm helped launch the Saratoga Breakfast and Breeding Farm program in 2022.

Established in 2005 and managed by owner Robin Malatino, Sugar Plum Farm is a private breeding operation located just minutes from Saratoga Race Course. The farm also serves as the summer home of New York’s leading Turf Sire, War Dancer, who is on hand to greet visitors from his paddock.

Song Hill Thoroughbreds, owned by Jim and Tina Bond, was established in Mechanicville in 2005.

The tours will be available every Thursday through Sunday during the 2025 Saratoga summer meet, beginning with Opening Day, Thursday, July 10, and continuing through Sunday, August 31. The lone exception is Sunday, August 10, whose tour to Sugar Plum Farm will be offered on Wednesday, August 6.

 Tickets for the Breakfast and Breeding Farm program are now available at NYRA.com.